Javier Ribalta

Javier Ribalta (born 14 September 1980) is a Spanish football manager who is the Director of Football of AEK Athens.^[1]

Javier Ribalta

Personal information
Date of birth	(1980-09-14) 14 September 1980 (age 45)
Place of birth	Barcelona, Spain
Managerial career
Years	Team
2008–2009	Torino (Scout)
2009–2011	AC Milan (Scout)
2011–2012	Novara (Chief scout)
2012–2017	Juventus (Chief scout)
2017–2018	Manchester United (Chief scout)
2017–2021	Zenit Saint Petersburg (Sporting director)
2021–2022	Parma (Managing Director Sport)
2022–2023	Olympique de Marseille (Director of Football)
2024–	AEK Athens (Director of Football)

Career

Ribalta started in 2008 as scout at the Serie A club, Torino. In 2009 he moved to AC Milan, where he stayed for two seasons. In 2011 he got a job as chief scout of Novara, but he left the club at the end of the season, when they were relegated to Serie B. Afterwards Juventus signed him as chief scout, a position he kept for 5 seasons. In 2017 he moved to England, signing at Manchester United as a chief scout.^[2][3][4] In 2018 he signed with Zenit Saint Petersburg as their sporting director. After 3 years, he moved back to Italy and signed with Parma as a Managing Director Sport.^[5] In the following season he moved to France signing with Olympique de Marseille as director of football.^[6][7][8][9] In October 2024 he signed as director of football of AEK Athens.^[1]